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disposal, consisting of pine-apple, fresh green figs, bananas, 

 pomegranates, and grapes. The pomegranates appeared 

 to be most favoured, for it took to this fruit with evident 

 relish, leaving nothing but the hard outside shell. Since 

 then it has fed upon pine-apple, grapes, apples, pears, 

 bananas, dates, raisins, and bread. It has thus improved 

 in strength and temper, and has already made friends 

 with the keeper, Marsbridge, and, no doubt, will soon 

 become an affectionate and amusing companion, and an 

 interesting addition to the Society's splendid collection. — 

 Land and Water, October 22, 1887, p. 342. 



ANDAMAN MONKEY {UACACVS ANJOAMANENSIS). 



The discovery in the Andaman Islands of a new species 

 of Quadrumina was a very important addition to our 

 knowledge of this interesting country. One or two species 

 of monkeys were known to exist on the adjacent Nicobar 

 Islands, the common Macaque {M. cynomolgus) being one 

 of them, but until Captain Brown brought home the present 

 individual no monkey was known to exist on the Andaman 

 islands. One or more species of monkey being found on 

 the Nicobar Islands would lead us to expect such a thing 

 as highly probable, and had the same species of monkey 

 been met with, nothing very remarkable would have been 

 thought about it, but the discovery of a species hitherto 

 unknown upon the islands that have already furnished 

 us with a man and a pig that are quite unlike any of the 

 neighbouring races, is a circumstance deserving particular 

 attention, and affords materials for much speculation and 

 investigation. 



This new and unique monkey was presented to the 

 Zoological Society by Captain Brown, RN., of her 

 Majesty's ship Vigilant. It dated its joining the ship's 



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